noun · masculine

kainam

GreekΚαϊνάμ (kainam)

Strong’sG2536

Cainan

stem kainam-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Cainan2×

What it means

Καινάμ (T, Καϊ-; Rec. Καϊνάν), ό, indecl. (Heb. קֵינָן),

Cainam, Cainan;

1. son of Enos (Ge 5:9): Lk 3:37.

2. Son of Arphaxad (Ge 10:24(LXX): Lk 3:36.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2536 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkah-ee-nan'

Cainan (i.e. Kenan), the name of two patriarchs

Fromof Hebrew origin ();

King JamesCainan.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kainam	kainam
object accusative	kainam	kainam
direct address vocative	kainam	kainam
of, belonging to genitive	kainam2×Καϊνὰμ	kainam
to, for dative	kainam	kainam

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kainamstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

kainam“Cainan”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Luke 3:36“Cainan”tou Kainam tou Arfaxad tou Sēm tou Nōe tou Lamechthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Luke 3:37“Cainan”tou Mathousala tou Henōch tou Iaret tou Maleleēl tou Kainamthe son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,